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On 01/29/2012 12:04 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> A single USB thumb drive for $20 would likely hold every floppy he |
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>> ever made, and maybe 10-20 times more. Why waste time making & sorting |
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>> through CDs, etc? |
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> Hmmmm, super point. May suggest that. I got to boot something to see |
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> what this rig has in it. It may be a older system. I'm pretty sure I |
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> saw USB tho. |
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> I bet USB has a better life span than floppies too. |
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Boy that's the truth. All of my three (working) old machines still have |
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floppy drives, but my next one won't. And good riddance, too. Last |
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time I made a floppy boot disk (years ago) I had to format about a dozen |
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floppies before I found a good one :p |
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BTW, the floppy drives I have don't send any interrupt when I insert a |
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disk, so automounting is a non starter. Maybe the newer USB external |
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floppy drives do, dunno, but I'm not tempted to try one. |
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